McNellis: A Little Help From my Friends
Making it in Real Estate (Part Thirteen): A Little Help From my Friends
By John McNellis
Lighthouse keepers can do it by themselves. Developers can’t.
That said, new developers typically need to...
Calif.’s Wage Law Update – AB219
Update to California’s Prevailing Wage Laws: AB219 Fixes the Loophole for Ready-Mixed Concrete Drivers
ALERT: Please note that enforcement of AB219 is currently stayed, based on the California Central District...
Opinion: Twitter’s Chilling Offer
By Wolf Richter
Some of the smartest money got out last year.
Twitter is shaking up San Francisco. It’s the city’s 10th largest employer, and second largest tech employer, after Salesforce....
McNellis: Selling vs. Holding
Making it in Real Estate (Part Twelve): Selling vs. Holding
By John McNellis
Some decisions in life are easier than others. Deciding whether you want fries with that is a piece...
Opinion: Rent Control Fallout
By Michael Shields
San Jose’s apartment building owners are smart and hard working, but few are wealthy. They are simply people who have saved enough money to buy an investment...
Opinion: Labor Tapers, Housing Booms
These 2 Forces Will Crush the San Francisco Housing Bubble
By Wolf Richter
Jobs, labor force are declining; housing construction in epic boom.
The San Francisco housing bubble – locally called “Housing Crisis” –...
Regaining Your Wetlands
Supreme Court gives landowners and developers the right to challenge Army Corps' wetlands jurisdiction determinations
By Joshua A. Bloom
It is an all too common scenario. A developer or landowner will...
McNellis: Buying it Right
Making it in Real Estate (Part Eleven): Buying it Right
By John McNellis
In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy begins: “All happy families are alike: Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own...
Opinion: Tenants Overpay for Phantom Space
By Dan Mihalovich
Fair warning: Touching this radioactive topic could be hazardous to your landlord. And pretty much every professional in the commercial real estate sector. The issue revolves around...
Opinion: Glut in San Francisco?
Sam Zell’s Equity Residential Warns 2nd Time in a Month on Rental Market, Sees Glut in San Francisco, New York
By Wolf Richter
This is just the beginning.
On Wednesday, mega-landlord Equity...